Whether it’s pictures of their children, pets or five-star holidays, some Facebook users share every aspect of their lives.
But thankfully for those tired of seeing 20 pictures a day of their former classmate’s new baby, help could soon be at hand.
Facebook is developing technology which would allow users to filter out certain types of their friends’ photos, for example of their cat, while still seeing their other posts.
The filter technology is based on that used in artificial intelligence, and was initially developed to help describe photos to the visually impaired. The so-called ‘deep learning’ system can identify what sort of image it is looking at, and is so sophisticated it can distinguish between different breeds of dog.
Facebook unveiled the technology at a London showcase on Wednesday, however it has yet to confirm when it will become available, or the specifics of how it might work. Jay Parikh, Facebook’s vice president of engineering, said: ‘We can apply this technology to help people curate what they see and their experience on Facebook.’ – Daily Mail